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A practical treatise on the construction of the power-loom and the art of weaving : all descriptions of texture produced by leaves of heddles : illustrated with diagrams, with calculations and instructions for the production of cotton, woollen, linen, and jute fabrics : intended as a textbook for those engaged in the trade (1887)

Brown, Alex (Alexander) · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · leaf 127

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e moving down and another up every tread. Ornamental tweels. — There is another description of fancy twill somewhat analogous to the preceding one, but differing in this, that the threads are not always equally flushed on both sides of the cloth. Fig. 27 is the Fig. 27. draughts and treading of a… … The greater the number of leaves, the greater is the scope for the imagination of the operator.

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